The Gates of Sleep
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 389
- ISBN-13
- 9780756400606
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Gates of Sleep followed in 2002 as the third Elemental Masters novel, one of the standalone fairy-tale-rooted entries set in Lackey's Victorian/Edwardian world of Elemental magic and occult societies. It runs 389 pages.
Key facts about The Gates of Sleep
The Gates of Sleep is a novel by Mercedes Lackey. Readers have had it since 2002. It runs to 389 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Gates of Sleep. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780756400606 to find the main one.
The Gates of Sleep is book 3 of 19 in The Elemental Masters series. The series has 19 published books. However, the series starts with The Fire Rose (1995). The Cyprian is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 30 December 2025.
Additionally, Mercedes Lackey writes The Brainship Series, Heralds of Valdemar and Vows and Honor, plus 23 more series. Those series sit on our science fiction, fantasy and urban fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, The Cyprian is the latest published Mercedes Lackey book on file, from 30 December 2025.
About Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey is one of the most prolific authors in modern fantasy, best known for her Valdemar novels, an interlocking mega-series that has run since 1987 across dozens of trilogies and standalones set in a single shared kingdom. See every Mercedes Lackey book in order.
Its place in The Elemental Masters
The Gates of Sleep is book 3 in the The Elemental Masters series. It follows The Serpent's Shadow. It is followed by Phoenix and Ashes. See the full The Elemental Masters reading order.
The Elemental Masters series reimagines classic fairy tales — Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Snow White, The Snow Queen, and more — as historical fantasy set mostly in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, where certain gifted people can command the classical elements of Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. Each novel follows a different Elemental Master or apprentice navigating a plot loosely built from a specific fairy tale's bones, transplanted into a world of séances, industrial magic, occult societies, and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780756400606